Who is making seat upholstery kits now?

[LateFan]

Not the L-seat types. We don't want leather, maybe quality vinyl Pearl bolsters with maybe the tan houndstooth centers. It's a Pearl interior, sport seats. The back seat is hard but fine, the fronts are shredded.

There used to be some people out there. What happened to Ninestitch? I checked their site and its shift boots, shave bags, accessories. No mention of seats.

[LateFan]

I looked through ebay and these are pre-made kits, but it looks to me they can make any combination of original fabrics.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266766720246?_skw=bmw+e30+seats&itmmeta=01JE9ZK2F9QK3RPANQWNY6YK51&hash=item3e1c891cf6:g:0-MAAOSwXR9kVuLG&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0HeiGDgIPEom89sRrPuXPkkYko8A557cyVz4Vnxh7RHYDRF2Yn3VccLsFeMmis%2F5jSiXHINa0xKWMvbRIUXSx1UT6Fe7aQ%2BPNJuy3iJz1KhzF2ndGWFS2FosDQrxKorHwihczh4mJRDroA1ATm17s2du8Npexh%2Fnwy%2BbFIZFwJNfMib1WnNJ%2BuYxPqIEeR8TWg3mHDy0Ai2AjWlRjtuJtf2mzY207ihF3N9Y7MQXx1dD7rbEd06Jmcu44re2yJKdox3NMhyzPR6XT%2BHO7LKwKHw%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9ynzL_yZA

[Kevinxkrazy]

That dude has been around for a while. Ebay scrubs all negative feedback. There's been a lot of people on R3V that had negative experiences with him.

[LateFan]

You're talking about the ebay guy, not Ninestitch? He's been around quite a while, and used to do a ton of seats here, but stopped at some point...?

zoomzoomzoom ebay not so good?

[Kevinxkrazy]

Yeah there's multiple threads about zoom-zoom-zooming's ebay shop dating back to 2012 and maybe later. Almost all of them are negative. Dudes name is Steven iirc.

[BMW_TUNER]

Lseat.com full customizable and reasonable.

[kronus]

that's ... not a great example, unfortunately.

I've had experience with a couple different kit manufacturers.

LSeat - their default material sucks. I won't even call it leather. their upgrade leather is better. Customization is possible but they have <50% success rate understanding and following instructions.
zoomzoomzoom - I've had reasonable experiences, the owner has been in the business for a long time, running a local upholstery shop in LA. Customization is possible, he'll happily use materials that you send him, and things are generally well made. Expect it to take longer for non-premade things.
falvalle2012 - vinyl only, but the patterns are really good. Communication, unfortunately, is bad, and no customization.
GAHH/WorldUpholstery - $$$$, seem to be very well made. I've only interacted with their kits secondhand, but they look near factory quality.